Macdonald, Sir John Alexander

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Macdonald, Sir John Alexander (1815–91) Canadian statesman, first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867–73, 1878–91). He strengthened the Dominion by introducing protective tariffs, encouragement of western settlement and the acquisition of Hudson's Bay Company lands (1869). His efforts to organize a transcontinental railway led to the Pacific Scandal and electoral defeat (1873).

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